Public symposium, Young People and Mediated Sexual Communication

2nd January 2014

The public symposium, Young People and Mediated Sexual Communication was held on Friday, 29 November, 2013 at Monash University, Caulfield Campus.

In Australia and overseas, concern about ‘sexting’ among young people has been widespread, and discussions have tended to focus on the ‘risks’ and issues new technologies are seen to produce. This symposium presented the findings from six studies by researchers in Australia and England working across the fields of law, criminology, media, gender, and education. These researchers have adopted a variety of methods to try to better understand and unpack the issues around ‘sexting’. The symposium provided space for questions and discussion between researchers and stakeholders in this area, and thus helped inform wider public debates and responses to the issues around young people and ‘sexting’ in Australia.